Deep-sea survey for the detection of methane at the "Santa Maria di Leuca" cold-water coral mounds (Ionian Sea, South Italy)

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 431-440

  Etiope, G ^a   Savini, A ^b   Lo Bue, N ^a   Favali, P ^a   Corselli, C ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corals; Marine geology; Methane; Seepage

Indexed keywords

COLD-WATER CORALS; CORAL COLONIES; CORAL GROWTH; CORALS; GAS SEEPAGE; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYDROCARBON SEEPAGE; IONIAN SEA; MARINE GEOLOGY; METHANE SENSOR; METHANOGENESIS; POTENTIAL SITES; REDUCING CONDITIONS; WATER CIRCULATION; WATER SAMPLERS;

SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEEPAGE; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SURVEYS; TECTONICS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

METHANE;

CORAL; DEEP SEA; HYDROCARBON SEEP; MARINE SEDIMENT; METHANE; PROBE; SEAWATER; SEEPAGE; SONAR; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

CAPO SANTA MARIA DI LEUCA; ITALY; LECCE; PUGLIA;

ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77549084200     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.08.020     Document Type: Article

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